Preventing Apocalypse

What is manure composting? Animal manure is one of the best things we can add to the garden to create healthy soil micro-biology and give our plants a thriving ecosystem.  The type of animal will greatly influence the 'outcome' and each manure will vary in the micro and macro nutrient present. For most manures you will need to compost it if you collect in from the farm, which is also the best way to create the best compost.  Horse manure For most farms, especially with horses, they will gather and bag the manure and sell it outside for a small fee (very small fee considering someone had to collect and bag it). Grasses grow slowly over winter. In my food garden, the last lawn mowing, along with the autumn leaves get composted in one compost bin, leaving one compost bin empty over winter. I go to a local farm on the outskirts of metropolitan Melbourne and collect five or so bags of freshly collected horse manure, then add it to the empty compost bin, add some water and forg...